Type-handling implement for printers.



DEWEY c. SHAW,

or insects, NEBRASKA.

TYPE-HANDLING IMPLEMENT FOR PRINTVEVRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

A plication filed February 5, 1 9%. Serial No. 362,833.

['0 all whom it may concern.-

llc it known that l, DEWEY (J. Snsw, e citi :en of the United States,residing at Lincoln, n the county of Lancaster and State of Nenaske,have invented a certain new and useiil Typedlandling implement forPrinters, if which the following 15 a specification suiliziently clearto enable those skilled in the art to which it apperteins to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to a printer-s implement or combined tool; and itsobject is, first, to provide a. practical implement or tool with whichtype may be taken from an imposing-stone and, sorted, distributed, wetdown, carried about, or handled, as desired, with the minimumof dangerfrom dropping, mixing, or making pi; second, to provide a p'recticnlimplement or tool in which ty e so nearly pied its to prevent lilting byand may he slid from an imposing-stone and hen died with ease; third, toprovide a practical iln lenient small enough to be conveniently be l inthe hand and yet capable of holding iron} four to six inches of newsuper type, and which implei'neniis providcdhvith e movahlc section forholding headdines, italics, &c., When sorting or distributing or whenchanging nmrket-quotntious and the like;

,ioul'th, to provide a. simple, convenient, and rnctical implement whichsaves time and la- 1', prevents pi, and increases the printcrs infer-tin the hcndling of type. These pors are attained in my invention 1; ycertain novel construction and combination of parts, which will behereinafter described and claimed.

This invention is illustrated in the accome panying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my implement held in c. hand, theroinovoblo section attached. Fig.2 shows a. sideviewoi' the implement,showing the metallic buttons 0 c, whereby the removable section isattuchcd. Fig. 3 is a side view of the removable section, showin itsright side doubled with the two figourd-q hopcd eyelets by means ofwhich the removable section is attached to the two metallic buttons ofthe main scctiom Fig. 4

a is a section of the main imphunent, showing a side view of Hui-buttonsu )O'l'] which the removubie section is attached by means of theeyelets. r

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 5 spending parts.

My implement is made of steel or brass or been inserted through t othersuitable metal, in form rectangular, Siii'illi'ti to a shallow box withonly one end.

make the sides at right code to the bed. They may be made each lieftype-high. I prefer, however, to make the side on the right of the openend one-third or one-fourth typedaigh, as this suilicient to prevent thetype from siiding oil the bed and gives more room to sort, sep'eriitqandseize the lines desired. I make tl ie end approximately typehigh andinclined slightly" outward, as shown in f in This construction permitstype when laced in the implement to lean slightly against the end. Theyare then off their feet. In sorting it is then only nosessary tostraighten the neighboring lines to get room to pick out any lineWanted.

I make my implement the thickness of one lead, wider inside than thelength of the lines of type it is designed to handle. My

' implement for handling thirteen-em type I make thirteen ems and alsothe thickness of a lead wide inside This gives plenty of room for thetype to slide into theimplernent. I bevel the bottom of the implementfrom below. This permits type being slid into the implement from onimposing-stone without obstruction. When handling the im lenient rapidlyor scttin some down hurried y when in use, the type t iorein receive allthe support necessary from the high side and the end of the implement byinclining the implement in the direction of that side and end, as willhe epparon t to a, printer using some.

or attaching the removable section I prefer the button and cyolcts whichI make as follows: in the upper part of the left-hand side of saidimplement l securely fasten by threads, and riveting preferred, tworivets with round lint heads slightly projecting from the outsidethereof, as shown etc 0, 7

Figs. 2 and 4, upon which the renn'ivable section 1; hottons or looks bymeans of the goiiithslmpcd eyelets d d. l muke the removable suction thosome shape as the main section, except very much shorter, and 1 make theright-hand side of the reinovshle section the some height as theleitdnind side of the inn-in section and of one piece of metal doubledheck from the upper part of the side, hulking two thicknesses thereof,with still cient space lwtwm-o to permit the heads of rivets to betightly gri :pcd after they have he gourd-shaped eyelots and thervmovfiblc section has then been pressed. downward and backward, andthus locked onto the main implement a. As my impIlement then appears,is'shown in Fig. 1. owever, the removable section may be attached by anysimilar method.

' The im lement may beused either with or Without the removable section,as the various kinds of use may require.

Haying thus described-my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi 1. A type-handling implement composed of ashallow, rectangular metallic box having a bottom and two sides, oneside bein approximately half type-high, the other side being half as hih as the side first mentioned, the higher si e being provided with tworound, flat-headed buttons, said implement having one end onl which endis made approximately t eh and is inclined sli htly outward, sai imement having the Eottom of the open end t ereof beveled to an edge frombelow, the flat-headed buttons being adapted to engage aremovablesection.

2. A type-handlin implement composed of a shallow, rectangu ar metallicbox having a bottom and two'sides, one side approxi mately halftype-high, the other side approxi mately one-half lower, said implementhaving but one end which is made approximately type-high and inclinedslightl outward, the sald im lement bein provide with buttons, in comination wit a detachable section smaller than the main section andhaving eyelets adapted to engage the buttons upon the t e-handling impement.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

, DEWEY C. SHAW. Witnesses EDWIN S. RIPLEY, FREDERICK SHEPHERD,

